INJURED Danny Warwick will face a late fitness test to see if he can line up for Buccaneers in their crunch third-tier title clash at Weymouth tonight (7.15pm).

Bournemouth Castle Cover take a 33-point lead to the Wessex Bus Raceway for the mouth-watering semi-final, second leg, as they bid to fix up a final against Plymouth.

But Warwick will have to shrug off hand, head, arm and wrist injuries to take part in the action.

He miraculously got up quickly from one of the worst crashes at Wimborne Road this year during Buccaneers’ runaway 60-31 home win over the USA Dream Team in an international challenge last night.

The Poole-born rider, who bagged three points, was a safe third going into the third and fourth turns on lap three of heat 10 when his bike straightened up, lifted violently and threw him over his handlebars.

Warwick’s body looked just like a rag doll as he was flung over the safety fence complete with his bike before he landed hard in the gap between the speedway and greyhound track.

Warwick, who was excluded from the re-run and then sat groggily in the pits nursing his wounds with an ice pack on his right wrist, said: “I hurt my hand, I can’t grip.

“I caught my leg on the handlebars and banged my head hard on the fence, so I’ve got a bit of a headache. I hit the bump coming into the turn and lost my footing on the footrest.

“Then I hit the next bump and the bike jumped up. I’m trying to turn but the bike is not on the ground, so it’s going up in the air.

“I was just a passenger as it cleared the fence.”

It was one of the worst looking crashes at Poole this season and many supporters in a decent-sized crowd of about 800 were amazed Warwick regained his feet so quickly.

But he said: “I got back up so quickly because of the adrenaline. I think you are feeling okay until the adrenaline wears off.

“That’s why I didn’t go out on the victory parade with the other lads.”

Asked if he felt he would be fit to line up for Bournemouth at Weymouth tonight, Warwick said: “I’ll see how I’m feeling nearer tapes up.

“The bike didn’t look too bad. The frame is bent, otherwise it’s okay.”

Andrew Aldridge also shrugged off the ill effects of a similar violent fall in the next race, when his bike shot into the air towards the centre green as he cut inside off the second bend trying to pass Tyson Burmeister.

Bournemouth’s Kiwi, whose machine hurtled off uncontrolled like a bucking bronco, said: “I ache a bit all over, but that’s the way it goes.

“I didn’t make such a decent gate, but cut back and sliced off the corner.

“The bike then hit a bump and packed up. I got it under control. I got it down and feel relieved I didn’t sustain more serious injuries.

“I have to laugh about it. I’m fine. The bike is a write-off. But as long as I’m still okay I’m happy because the bike can be fixed.”

Aldridge, who bagged 10 points and won three races, added: “I had two bikes before tonight but I’m down to one for the rest of the season.

“I can’t afford to fix it yet. It was the same last week when I fell off.

“But I’ll go to Weymouth and do my job.

“It’ll be a tough meeting. It always is against Weymouth. But we beat them by a lot at home so I’m feeling confident we can do it there.”